Culture and trade as an Advent player

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Hello,

 

I'm very much a beginner, up against the AI*5 in the big huge map in the base SoASE vanilla version. I've come to a situation where I'm 1st in terms of armies & income (largely by flooding asteroids with tradeports), but I'm only second in metal and crystal extraction, and only 3rd in culture eventhough I hold most planets.

Am I right in thinking that to solve this, I should look at changing some of the tradeports to extractor mine thingies, and toadd deliverance engines to each place I own?

Many TIA :)

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

i dont play Advent, but Deliverance Engine is a super weapon, it shoots culture at enemy planets...

but yeah, swap some trade ports to extractors and build more broadcast centers (i think they are called temple of communion for advent...)

Advent has the best culture rates, so you wont have to work so hard to get up in culture, usually placing broadcast centers on central planets with lots of phase lanes will let it spread quickly

as for resources... im not sure how advent go, but swapping from trade ports to refineries on your ice and volcanic worlds should fix you up

 

hope this helps

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Hehehe, ok this explains it. I have a maxed weapon and civil temple things, but exactly zero communion temples. No wonder those deliverance things I placed didn't do anything rofl :)

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting roshaoar, reply 2
Hehehe, ok this explains it. I have a maxed weapon and civil temple things, but exactly zero communion temples. No wonder those deliverance things I placed didn't do anything rofl
End of roshaoar's quote

lol, sorry, that was hilarious

its alright, live and learn

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Advent are rarely if ever first in Trade/Resource Extraction unless they are totally dominating the map. It's not something they excel at. Planetary income is something they excel at though, thanks to the technology to boost max allegiance along with their awesome Temples of Communion. :) (Allure of the Unity, I think the tech is called. It's incredibly awesome.)

 

In terms of turning Tradeports into extraction focus ports, the rule of thumb is to only do it at planets with significant extraction. On an Asteroid with 2 extractors the extra resources simply aren't worth the value of a trade port. If you have a planet with 4 extractors and high allegiance, then it's a good idea to convert some over (you still want a Trade Port active for trade to keep the trade network going).

 

The Deliverance Engine is your super weapon. It doesn't do anything by itself. If you select it, you'll find a command to target it at a planet. If you target it at enemy planets, it spreads your culture there temporarily. This can give you line of sight on enemy planets (with a tech), allows your culture bonuses to apply when you invade, and if you bombard a planet enough can actually overthrow enemy colonies there. Just remember that you have to target and activate them yourself, or turn on auto cast after it's built. :)